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    The Reconstruction era was put into effect by Congress in 1866 and lasted until 1877. Reconstruction was aimed at reorganizing the Southern states after the Civil War. The reconstruction plan granted the means for readmitting the southern states into the Union‚ and tried to come up with the methods by which whites and blacks could live together in a non-slave society. America’s position as a country was established on principles of freedom but those beliefs were weakened by slavery. At the end

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    During the time period of 1860 and 1877 many major changes occurred. From the beginning of the civil war to the fall of the reconstruction‚ the United States changed dramatically. Nearly one hundred years after the Declaration of Independence which declared all men equal‚ many social and constitutional alterations were necessary to protect the rights of all people‚ no matter their race. These social and constitutional developments that were made during 1860 to 1877 were so drastic it could be called

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    The word “free” is something everyone likes to hear because it means they can receive what they want without having to pay to obtain it therefore profiting. However‚ nothing is truly free because if one individual doesn’t pay then another will have to in his place. It’s how our world works‚ as well as the economy! The same goes for college‚ everyone one would agree that free college sounds amazing! With free college all those loans could be avoided leading to a happier‚ debt free life‚ right? While

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    African-Americans were the most hated people in the 1800s. Knowing they had a terrible time living in the South some blacks were treated fairly others treated horribly in their conditions on how they work and live. If the blacks did not get a certain amount of labor done they would get whipped on how many times their master think will be fitted for their punishment. That started the rebellion for the blacks runway to the North for the freedom. When the Civil War started over on the South morals were different

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    Central State University of Agriculture College of Development Education Computer science High School of Bicolandia San Jose‚ Pili‚ Camarines Sur OPTIONAL PARTS OF BUSINESS LETTER Ms. Elvie P. Racasag (Technical Writing teacher) Joedy Mae B. Mangampo II- Algorithm Attention Lines In formal correspondence‚ it is a line of text denoting the intended recipient within an organization. In a business letter‚ it is usually positioned above the salutation

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    TYPES OF MOVIES Nearly one hundred years ago‚ human beings invented the gadget called camera. Nobody could have known the importance of this invention when it was devised. After years‚ television and cinema were invented‚ and people gradually understood the importance of these gadgets. They had a chance to join entertaining‚ interesting‚ and even amazing world of television and cinema because the life they saw in movies usually resembled their daily life. Now people have considered that movies

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    RECONSTRUCTION‚ WHAT WENT WRONG I. Historiography of Reconstruction A. Early Views Journalists‚ Poets‚ & Rebels Negative view of Reconstruction Sidney Andrews‚ The South Since the War (1866) John Dennett‚ The South as It Is. Southern frame of reference Sidney Lanier (poet) Attempt to justify Civil War B. Early Professional Historians John Ford Rhodes Ohio Democrat Not impartial Blamed North for problems of Reconstruction’ Claimed Black Rule

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    I think that Reconstruction was a success because of its effects later in history. Although it had many bad things come out of it at the beginning‚ in the long run‚ it greatly helped get African-Americans rights. It also opened the South’s economy up to more industrial businesses‚ to gain more finances. First of all‚ African-American rights were non-existent before Reconstruction. Negroes‚ a nicer term for African-Americans‚ were seen as lesser beings that didn’t deserve rights equal to Whites. But

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    this government cannot endure‚ permanently‚ half slave and half free.” The shaky ground that the United States stood upon would need to tumble before it could begin to reshape and rebuild itself. Both sides (the Confederacy and the Union)‚ would suffer losses and America as a whole would suffer economic hardships and tensions lasting hundreds of years. Overall‚ the Civil War was a huge step in changing the

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    The reconstruction era was an era of rebuilding after the civil war. The united states handled the success of the reconstruction era in a variety of ways from well (political) to poorly (social) The social equality for freed slaves was a major point in the reconstruction. The political freedom of the former slaves was one of the best handled points of the reconstruction. When the thirteenth amendment was passed it stated that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude … shall exist in the United

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